XI
TO JOSEPH GALLOWAY
LonpoN, 2 December, 1772.
DEAR Frienp:—I am glad you are returned again
to a seat in the Assembly, where your abilities are so
useful and necessary in the service of your country.
We must not in the course of public life expect immediate
 approbation and immediate grateful acknowledgement
 of our services. But let us persevere
through abuse and even injury. The internal satisfaction
 of a good conscience is always present, and
time will do us justice in the minds of the people,
even those at present the most prejudiced against us.
I have given Dr. Denormandie a recommendation
to a friend in Geneva, for which place he set out this
morning; and I shall be glad of any opportunity of
serving him when he returns to London. I see by
the Pennsylvania Gazette, of October 21st, that you
are continued Speaker, and myself agent; but I have
no line from you or the Committee relative to instructions.
 Perhaps I shall hear from you by Falconer. 1
find myself upon very good terms with our new
minister, Lord Dartmouth, who we have reason to
think means well to the colonies. I believe all are

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